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I iSOMOS UCLA!

ROYBAL DID NOT WIN ELECTION TO STATE LATINOS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH UCLA, ever since Reginaldo del Valle guided
OFFICE IN 1954, but he did serve as a the passage of the legislation which created the Los Angeles State Normal School
Los Angeles City Councilman from 1949 in the 1880s. Through their presence, knowledge, and vision , Latinos at UCLA have
until 1962, when he was elected to the contributed to the research , education, and public service that makes UCLA vital
U.S. Congress. He was regularly re-elected to our community and global society.
to his Congressional seat thereafter, until
his retirement in 1993. While in Congress, This legacy of participation in higher
he was a founder of the Congressional education and civic engagement is
Hispanic Caucus (CHC) and co-founder carried on by Latino alumni such as
of the National Association of Latino scientist and former Deputy Mayor of
Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO). Los Angeles Grace Montanez Davis
He was made an honorary alumnus ('55), Professor Patricia Gandara ('69,
of UCLA in 1990. Ph.D. '79), entertainment executive
Moctezuma Esparza
('71, MFA '73), U.S.
Prior to serving in elected office,
Poet Laureate Juan
Roybal had worked as a public health
• Felipe Herrera ('72),
educator in Los Angeles County; and
Los Angeles City
in 1947, together with Fred Ross and
Council man Gil Cedillo
Antonio Rios, he co-founded the
('77) , former Los
Community Service Organization
Angeles Mayor Antonio
(now Centro CSO), an important
Villaraigosa ('77) ,
Latino civil rights organization. Both
Olympic athlete Lisa
Cesar E. Chavez (1927-1993) and
Fernandez ('95),
Dolores Huerta (b. 1930) trained with the
U.S. Congresswoman
CSO, acquiring some of the skills they
Nanette Barragan ('00),
subsequently made good use of as labor
and many others.
and community organizers.
Chavez became the CSO's national
director in 1958. He and Huerta UCLA's Latino legacy
left the organization in 1962 deserves recognition. It
to found the National Farm will continue and grow,
Workers Association. as Latino students,
faculty, staff, and new
generations of alumni
go forward into a bright
future.
GO BRUINS!